December hasn’t arrived yet but the West End is already in full Christmas mode, with every shop ablaze with festive messages of consumerism and consumption.

I battled the crowds earlier this week and grabbed these photos:

Baubles galore! I have to say that Oxford Street looks rather nice.

Back in 1978, shoppers gasped at the white heat of technology as the traditional dangling decorations were replaced a high powered laser firing along the length of the street that seemed to have come directly from THE FUTURE.

The 1897 church building is a grade II listed building with Historic England on the National Heritage List for England. It currently performs Baptist services bilingually in English and in Welsh as well as hosting concerts following a merger of the Welsh Baptist church with two nearby Independent churches in 2006.

It’s now one of only seven Welsh chapels in London that continue to perform services in Welsh and minister to the London Welsh communities.

I’ve never had chance to peek inside, but here’s a look through the church window.